Auto-hood antirattling device



T. J. MARTIN. AUTO HOOD ANTIRATTLING DEVICE. APPLICATION man FEB. 17. 920.

1,375,257., Patented Apr. 19, 1921.

FR 1M To all whom it may concern UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUTO-HOOD ANTIRAT'ILING DEVICE.

Specification of I.etters Patent. Patented Apr. 19, 1921.

Application filed February 17, 1920. Serial No'. 359,309.

Be it known that I, TRUMAN J. MARTIN, a citizen of the United States, residin at Allentown, in the county of Lehigh, tate of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Auto-Hood-Antirattling Device; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains'to make and use the same.

The inventionrelates to antirattling devices for preventing the rattling of automobile hoods incident to vibration of said hoods while the automobile is in mot10n or incident to the running of the engine. The

great difficulty with the securing devices for hoods at present in use is that said devices do not prevent the vibration of the engine hood, therefore they-do not prevent rattling of the hood incident to the vibration of the automobile. Therefore it is the object to provide a securin device for receiving the pivoted sides 0 an automobile hood and holding them in engagement with contacting points, thereby reducing the engaging surfaces to a minimum.

further object is to provide a hood holding device comprising a member adapted to be secured to the side rail of the chassls, said member having pivotally mounted therein an upwardly extending ,T-shaped member having an inclined upper surface over which;

a wedge shaped member carried by the marginal edge of the hood will cam into place into a recess carried bysaid upwardly extending arm. The upwardly extending arm being controlled by a coiled spring which holds said arm in engagement with the engine hood.. Also to provide the member'secured to the side rail with an upwardly extending lug having an outwardly extendw ing convexed member adapted to engage the inner wall of the hood and be held in engagement therewith by the spring actuated upwardly extending arm.

A further object is to provide a spring actuated ball located in the bottom of the side rail carried member, which spring actuated ball when the hood is in closed position engages the under edge of the hood and sup- With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a portion of an automobile hood showing the hood holding device applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a sectional View taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, part of the rail carrying member being broken away to show the structure.

Fig. 3 is a sectional View taken on. line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a portion of the hood showing the wedge applied thereto.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the hood carried wedge looking at the same from the rear.

Referring to the drawin s, the numeral 1 designates a conventional orm of automobile hood and 2 the lower sectionthereof. Secured to the side rail 3 of the vehicle frame by means of screws 4: is a housing 5,

which housing has pivotally mounted therein on a pin 6 a lever 7. Lever 7 is provided with an upwardly extending arm 8, which terminates in a T-shaped portion 9. One face of the T-shaped portion 9 is provided with a recess 10 for the reception of the lugs 11 of the wedge plate 12 secured .by means ofscrews 13 to the section 2 of the hood. Lever 9 is provided with an upwardly and outwardly extending arm 14: located within the housing 5 and between which arm and across portion 15 of the housing, an expansible coil spring 16 is disposed. Spring 16 normally holds the arm 8 insubstantially a' vertical position so that when the section2 of the hood is brought downwardly the wedge plate 12 will engage the inclined surface 17 and cause the arm 8 to be forced outwardly against'the action of the spring 16 until the lugs 11 are received in the recess 10 of the vT-shaped portion 9. The lower end 2 of the section 2 of the hood when in closed position rests on a spring actuated ball 18 carried in the base of the housing 5. Spring actuated ball 18 supports the section 2 of the hood in such a manner that it will be prevented from rattling during the vibration of the vehicle.

Rising upwardly from the inner end of the housing 5 is an upstanding lug 19, which lug is provided with a screw held ball 20 which projects inwardly from the inner face of the lug 19 and against which ball the lower end of the hood section 2 is forced by the action of the T end 9 against the outer face of the hood section. T head 9 is provided with an outwardly extending handle 21 adapted to be engaged by the hand of the operator when it is desired to open the hood.

When it is desired to open the hood the operator grasps the handle 21 and pulls outwardly on the arm 8, which action will cause the release of the wedge member 12, at which time the operator grasps one of the i handles 22 and raises upwardl on the section 2. When it is desired to c ose the hood the section 2 is brou ht'downwardly, wedge 12 cams past the T ead 9 and into the position shown in Fig. 2. It is to be understood that any number of clamps or hood holding devices of the character described may be utilized, however for purposes-of illustration only one holder is shown.

lug carried by the hood, an outwardly and upwardly extending integral arm carried by the pivoted arm, a coiled spring interposed between the outwardly and upwardly extending arm and the housing at substantially a right angle to the upwardly v and outwardly extending arm for normally holding the upstanding pivoted arm inwardly and an abutment lug carried by the housing'against which the inner side of the hood engages and is held when said hood is in closed position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

TRUMAN J. MARTIN.

Witnesses: H. A. SoHAN'rz,

MINNIE H. BECKER. 

